Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church
Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church is a church in North Plainfield, NJ 07060. It is one of 15 churches in North Plainfield.
North Plainfield, NJ, 07060Shares a ministry location with Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras.
Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 388 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across New Jersey — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 35.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 30.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 26.2% (16.8–35.6%)
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
- Obesity: 39.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
- Poverty Rate: 20.1% (8.8–31.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
- Diabetes: 14.8%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (2.5–11.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
North Plainfield borough is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 2,836 residents.
Churches near Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Nuevas Fronteras — 0 mi away
- Saint Joseph's Church — 0.1 mi away
- Covenant United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Glad Tidings Church of God of Prophecy — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Life Covenant Embassy — 0.3 mi away in Edison, NJ
- Iglesia Cristiana Wesleyana — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Emanuel — 0.4 mi away
- Hydewood Park Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Holy Cross — 0.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- United Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away in Plainfield, NJ
- Iglesia Presbyterian Hispana — 0.6 mi away in Plainfield, NJ
- Bethel Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away in Plainfield, NJ
- Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away in Plainfield, NJ
- Fanwood Presbyterian Church — 2.6 mi away in Fanwood, NJ
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